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Broadway Open House - 30/January/1951
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- Classic TV, NBC, 1950's Television, Blatz Beer, Live Television, Kinescope, Jerry Lester, Dagmar, 1951
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The first regularly scheduled late-night entertainment program on television.
It was the forerunner of "The tonight show" and was broadcast from 5/29/1950 to 8/24/1951.
With Jerry Lester, Milton DeLugg, Dave Street, Dagmar, The Mellolarks, Fletcher Peck, etc.
Includes some original commercials
It was the forerunner of "The tonight show" and was broadcast from 5/29/1950 to 8/24/1951.
With Jerry Lester, Milton DeLugg, Dave Street, Dagmar, The Mellolarks, Fletcher Peck, etc.
Includes some original commercials
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Reviewer:
Dodsworth the Cat
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September 5, 2021
Subject: Outdated Fun
Subject: Outdated Fun
The five stars are for Ira Gallen, who preserved this piece of TV history.
As for the show itself, I don't see the appeal of Jerry Lester. He is either ... yelling at the audience or laughing at how funny he thinks he is. He's really difficult to bear after a while. Lester finally calms down a bit for a rhyming musical number with announcer Wayne Howell on clarinet that comes off pretty well.
Dagmar looks like she wants to be anywhere but on the programme. Her expression varies between disgust and deadpan. There was nothing like her on TV at the time.
Howell casually disses the audience after they interrupt his spiel when he says the word "Detroit."
Ray Malone appears to be trying to channel Jerry Lewis in his dialogue.
The fur routine at the end comes across as the most natural part of the show, but animal rights people would go ballistic if this were done on TV today.
It's a shame not all the commercials were included, but you can tell it's 1951 by the low budgets. One consists of a spokesman in a chair, another uses cartoon sketches because it's cheaper than animation.
Other than there's some comedy and it's on late at night, 'Broadway Open House' has little in common with the 'Tonight' show that Steve Allen put on the air several years later, let alone what Johnny Carson did in this time slot. Allen was breezy and clever. Lester is neither.
As for the show itself, I don't see the appeal of Jerry Lester. He is either ... yelling at the audience or laughing at how funny he thinks he is. He's really difficult to bear after a while. Lester finally calms down a bit for a rhyming musical number with announcer Wayne Howell on clarinet that comes off pretty well.
Dagmar looks like she wants to be anywhere but on the programme. Her expression varies between disgust and deadpan. There was nothing like her on TV at the time.
Howell casually disses the audience after they interrupt his spiel when he says the word "Detroit."
Ray Malone appears to be trying to channel Jerry Lewis in his dialogue.
The fur routine at the end comes across as the most natural part of the show, but animal rights people would go ballistic if this were done on TV today.
It's a shame not all the commercials were included, but you can tell it's 1951 by the low budgets. One consists of a spokesman in a chair, another uses cartoon sketches because it's cheaper than animation.
Other than there's some comedy and it's on late at night, 'Broadway Open House' has little in common with the 'Tonight' show that Steve Allen put on the air several years later, let alone what Johnny Carson did in this time slot. Allen was breezy and clever. Lester is neither.
Reviewer:
richgoup
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March 28, 2011
Subject: 30 January 1951 (Broadway Open House).
Subject: 30 January 1951 (Broadway Open House).
Original air date: 30 January 1951.
Cast: Jerry Lester (Himself - Host/ Performer), Dagmar (Herself/ sketch actor), Milton Delugg (Himself - accordionist/ ... sketch actor), Joan Lorry (Herself - singer/ sketch actor), Ray Malone (Himself - singer/ sketch actor). The Mello-Larks (Themselves - singers), Fletcher Peck (Himself - pianist/ sketch actor), David Street (Himself - singer/ sketch actor) and Eddie Weinstein (Himself - furrier).
From IMDB.
Cast: Jerry Lester (Himself - Host/ Performer), Dagmar (Herself/ sketch actor), Milton Delugg (Himself - accordionist/ ... sketch actor), Joan Lorry (Herself - singer/ sketch actor), Ray Malone (Himself - singer/ sketch actor). The Mello-Larks (Themselves - singers), Fletcher Peck (Himself - pianist/ sketch actor), David Street (Himself - singer/ sketch actor) and Eddie Weinstein (Himself - furrier).
From IMDB.
Reviewer:
167656
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June 20, 2009
Subject: What a slice of history!
Subject: What a slice of history!
What a fantastic artifact! It’s easy to see the appeal of Jerry Lester, and easy to understand why this show is still so strongly associated with the
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lore of late night TV, as envisioned and created by Pat Weaver. I enjoyed this entire hour and was fairly amazed at how deftly the entire company handled the rigors of live, no tape delay, no repeat TV, with the most gifted TV performer clearly being the statuesque Dagmar.
Reviewer:
mstamper
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June 17, 2009
Subject: A fascinating piece of history
Subject: A fascinating piece of history
It's fun seeing anything this old. The faces in the studio audience have long since passed away. The vintage commercials are fun. I am, however, amazed
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that the people of that era found this kind of show entertaining.
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